Sponsored by KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. 60 pounds, many packs of cigarettes, and an unhealthy lifestyle long ago, Serbo Simeoni was told by his physician that changes were needed. He got rid of the weight, cigarettes and unhealthy lifestyle - and got back into swimming. Big-time. He has done 20 Bridges, S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge,
Serbo Simeoni Swimming On High Across Lake Tahoe Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In 2015, Serbo Simeoni, an attorney from Florida, jumped in the 5 km Tampa Bay Frogman Swim and came out freezing, shivering uncontrollably due to the sub-14°C water. How times change. When he finished a lengthwise 34.1 km crossing of Lake Tahoe on
Courtesy of Dave Van Mouwerik, Lake Tahoe, California-Nevada. Dave Van Mouwerik of the Lake Tahoe Marathon Swim Federation [shown on left] is soliciting information on the myriad Lake Tahoe swimming crossings in history. "I composed a request with fairly specific information in the hopes that I will capture some Tahoe Swimmers. We want to develop an
Courtesy of Chris Blakeslee, Suzie Dods and Tom Linthicum in San Francisco, California. "We had an instructive marathon swimming discussion at the Sports Basement," described Chris Blakeslee. "We had it filmed thanks to Tom Linthicum and hope to have that available for all to view. Some of our discussions may be helpful. One thing is for sure marathon
39-year-old Clark Bird of Merced, California completed the length of Lake Tahoe last week under the most unusual and difficult of conditions - against the wind and at night 13 hours and 23 minutes at high altitude.Throughout the history of Lake Tahoe crossings, only Tom Linthicum in 2009 did so in the same north-to-south direction, also without a wetsuit."I
